Live: Nitish Kumar To Take Oath As Bihar Chief Minister At 10 AM

Nitish Kumar, who quit as the Bihar Chief Minister on Wednesday evening, will take oath at 10 am today, this time with the support of the BJP. Sushil Modi, BJP's senior-most leader in Bihar will be his deputy. Mr Kumar's decision to quit the 'Grand Alliance' in Bihar came after Lalu Yadav reiterated that his son, Tejashwi, would not quit as No 2 in the government despite being caught in a corruption scandal.

Earlier today, after a meeting with the 80 legislators of his party, Lalu Yadav, seated next to wife and politician RAbri Devi, announced that their son, Tejashwi, would not quit as Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar despite being named in a corruption case filed earlier this month by the CBI.

Three member committee has been constituted for making the future plan of action.

We are happy that Bihar Chief Minister didn't compromise on issue of corruption and did not kneel down before RJD (Lalu's party).

Jul 26, 2017

20:12 (IST)

Top leaders of the BJP are meeting tonight in Delhi to decide whether to support Nitish Kumar, with his resignation effectively ending his mahagathbandan or grand alliance, which included Lalu Yadav's RJD and the Congress.

Jul 26, 2017

20:09 (IST)

Nitish-Lalu alliance was a mismatch. This had to happen: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Nitish Kumar's resignation pic.twitter.com/bVUUl6xhJc

Nitish Kumar's resignation ends the two-year-long political experiment that was branded as a game-changing Maha-gathbandhan or Grand Alliance which included his party, Lalu Yadav and the Congress.

Jul 26, 2017

19:57 (IST)

After resigning as Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar said it had become impossible for him to function in the coalition government he had formed two years ago with Lalu Yadav and the Congress. "My conscience pricked me, there was no other way," he said in comments that were immediately welcomed by the BJP.

Jul 26, 2017

19:55 (IST)

Nitish Kumar Resigns As Bihar Chief Minister, Says 'Conscience Pricked Me'Nitish Kumar has quit as Chief Minister of Bihar, ending the two-year-long political experiment that was branded as a game-changing Maha-gathbandhan or Grand Alliance which included his party, Lalu Yadav and the Congress. This evening, Mr Kumar met with Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to deliver his resignation.